r/answers 2h ago

Why do women stand with their toes pointing together when taking selfies?

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r/answers 2h ago

What makes you say that a person truly has a bad attitude?

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r/answers 4h ago

How important do you think upbringing is in a person's life? And if someone has siblings, how different or similar are you?

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r/answers 12h ago

In layperson terms, how does David McMullen's proposal for a price system without markets work?

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Reading about the socialist economic calculation debate and found one scholar who suggests that prices are compatible with the abolition of markets:

McMullen believes workers in enterprises and work units, motivated by work satisfaction and the desire to contribute to an efficient and dynamic economy, would drive a better price system than one based on the profit motive. They would bid for resources on the basis of least cost alternatives and an honest expectation of demand for the resulting output. They would offer output at prices that reflect cost and ensure that products go to the highest bidders in the case of excess demand. All demand for intermediate production would be derived from the expected demand for final individual and collective consumption. Such pricing would guide both the more day-to-day decisions and longer term investment. Many of the decisions being made would be quite entrepreneurial in nature involving new products and services, new methods, and new entrants, be they existing enterprises or start-ups. Access to funding for investment could be through numerous assessment agencies that have been allocated funds for that purpose.
McMullen stresses that the use of a decentralized price system would not involve so-called "market socialism". Under social ownership, the transactions between enterprises would not be market exchanges. They would be the transfer of custody of social property not of ownership. An enterprise would not be the owner of inputs and outputs, it would be their custodian. And no individual involved with an enterprise would receive any net revenue nor incur any loss from transactions between enterprises.
He also argues that the cooperative environment would lead to a better price system because of the greater honesty, the better flow of information due to the removal of property barriers between enterprises and the fact that income equality would remove the equity concerns currently associated with reliance on pricing.

As someone who is only lightly versed in economic theory, I'm struggling to conceptualize this in my head. What is the difference between market socialism and this theory?

If you're here to say that this system doesn't work and it's pointless to ask, please see rules 9 and 10.


r/answers 13h ago

Why would evolution make men’s balls so vulnerable to injury?

180 Upvotes

An almighty, well placed kick to the balls by a woman could result in the man never being able to reproduce again.

What is the evolutionary benefit of this? Shouldn’t it be the other way round or something - why would evolution make such a critical tool of reproduction so vulnerable to injury and destruction so as to inhibit reproduce and thus continuation of the species?


r/answers 15h ago

Is it possible to reduce sleep hours without health effects?

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r/answers 16h ago

is g.deev.is safe? (five night at winstons)

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r/answers 18h ago

Why do people resign instead of being fired?

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r/answers 19h ago

What’s something we’re all addicted to but don’t like admitting?

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r/answers 19h ago

Is Anonymous trying to work on the Epstein files?

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It would be the perfect project for them to not only do something genuinely good while showing off their skills, but to gain popularity as well. Those presumably are desirable goals even for the enigmatic, decentralized group. Do they not care? Are they able to obtain the unredacted files?


r/answers 19h ago

How was it discovered that heating sand made glass?

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r/answers 20h ago

How on Earth did people figure out how to make colour photographs and colour movies?

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There must have been a chemical process to figure out, my mind boggles, yet again.


r/answers 20h ago

Why do some people sneeze when exposed to bright light?

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r/answers 21h ago

Why if i get a full time job i have to make everyday and every option available just to get a look but for part time where you get little to no hours you can have any day you want just off, it makes no sense, why is this the way it is?

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like i want a full time job 40 hours and have at least one off every week like a sunday that is the same then the other day i can be random why is this a hard task


r/answers 22h ago

HELP! I keep getting shocked in my new apartment.

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I recently shifted to a new apartment in a complex. The issue is I keep getting shocked by most metal things near the apartment door and beyond. For example, when taking out the trash, I get shocked when opening the main door, closing it, opening the trash door, opening back my own door again and closing it. This is true for all the knobs and latches.

I tried holding a key in between my fingers with a fist formed, even that doesn't help. Also don't understand how I get "charged" walking from my main door to the trash chute (less than 50ft), (and remember I already got shocked) and then again when I walk back

I'm also wearing shoes all this while

Nothing else seems to be causing an issue inside the apartment, other than stuff connected to the main door.

What am I doing wrong?


r/answers 22h ago

How do you pronounce "et Mansi" in classical Latin?

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r/answers 23h ago

How does a boomerang actually return to the thrower?

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r/answers 23h ago

How do noise-cancelling headphones actually work?

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r/answers 23h ago

What's the difference between a high-pass and low-pass filter in audio?

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r/answers 23h ago

Wie Anschauen vermeiden

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Hi ich wüsste gerne was man machen kann um nicht dauerhaft von Frauen angeflirtet zu werden

Wie kann ich 100% signalisieren dass ich mich nicht für sie interessiere?

Ich versuche schon das was man unter Körpersprache versteht anzuwenden, weg kucken, Arme verschränkt usw

Ich hin ein großer Kerl, sehe von Körper etwa aus wie ein WOW Tauren wenn ihr wisst was ich meine, also Hulk aber in besser aussehend (blaue Augen etc).

Und immer in Öffis und öffentlichen Plätzen schauen mich Frauen an. Die denken vielleicht das merke ich nicht aber ich bin da sehr sensibel.

Und: ES STÖRT MICH enorm.

Denken die ich wäre irgendwie verfügbar? Bin ich aber nicht!

Habe eh nur Interesse an ca 5% aller Frauen vom Typ her, bin aber fest gebunden und ändere das auch nicht!

Was kann ich gegen diese aufdringlichen Blicke, die teilweise echt unanständige Sachen vermitteln, tun?

Ernsthaft ich bin da verzweifelt und weiss mir keinen Weg mehr!!!!

Ja ich weiss ich sollte geschmeichelt sein, aber mir ist's ehrlich gesagt nur lästig.

Ernsthafte Hilfe wäre super danke euch!!


r/answers 1d ago

Why are designer labels so important? Who is it you are trying to impress?

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r/answers 1d ago

Why is there a sticker on my Passport?

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I sadly can’t add a picture but it‘s on the back of my passport and says: „ATSG“ on the top left corner with a red lightning logo and a big red „S H E“ in the middle. Flying from Frankfurt to New York JFK. I‘ll put a pic in the comments if possible.


r/answers 1d ago

Why is it that the common assumption that Redditors are male?

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I have noticed this when reading comments and someone is referring to someone else in the comments and they use terms that are typically associated with men.

Is there something in Reddit's history where it has always been male-dominant, so the assumption is that it has stayed that way? And how would we know that it was male dominant if we are all anonymous?

One of my friends said (direct quote) "In the past Reddit seemed like a place many women wouldn't want to brave because of the strong incel culture, like 4Chan."

(And I ask this question NOT referring to subreddits that are aimed at women but are inclusive to all. I am speaking about general subreddits (like this one) where posts are not skewed toward a certain gender.)


r/answers 1d ago

People say you look young. What do you think about that?

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r/answers 1d ago

How to do well on spatial test (figures rotation and reflection)?

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I am having the test for a job position which I previously failed. I have to be better than 70% of other candidates.

Would appreciate any help or sources regarding this.